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CVE-2006-6332
Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…
High7.5EPSS 20.3%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the encode_ie and giwscan_cb functions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.3% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- SUSE-SA:2006:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 21486 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-200612-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 23335 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23277 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#925529 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4901 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-404-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- madwifi-giwscan-encode-bo(30800) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23694 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [Dailydave] 20061208 Madwifi SIOCSIWSCAN vulnerability (CVE-2006-6332) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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